Hosted By The Claims Conference Annually During Chanukah, International Holocaust Survivors Night This Year Will Include Messages Of Hope From Survivors Dignitaries And Celebrities, Culminating With An Official Menorah Lighting In Honor Of Survivors At The Western Wall In Israel. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, December 19, 2022: The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany […]
First Place Is The Story Of Ernst Cahn, An Ice Cream Parlor Owner Who Chose Resistance In Spite Of Certain Death During Nazi Invasion. His Arrest Led To βThe February Strikeβ Of 1941. NEW YORK, NEW YORK: February 23, 2023βThe Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) today announced the winner of the […]
Gideon Taylor Elected President; After Four Decades Of Service, Julius Berman Steps Down At The 2020 Annual Board Meeting NEW YORK, NEW YORK: June 30, 2020 Today, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced that Gideon Taylor was elected President of the Claims Conference. The Board also bestowed the title of […]
Resulting from the Claims Conference negotiations, the Federal Government of Austria has agreed to pay every living Austrian Holocaust survivor an additional direct compensation payment of approximately β¬5,000 (approx. $5,400 USD) per survivor. As we estimate there to be about 2,500 Austrian Holocaust survivors alive today, the total financial commitment is β¬12.5 million (over $13 […]
For Passover every year, a critical priority for the Claims Conference is ensuring that Holocaust survivors around the world have the supplies and food they need to celebrate and partake in the Pesach holidays. This year, as we work our way to the holidays, we would like to highlight a few of our partner agencies […]